Fresno ?
Maybe I should move. Must be a shall issue county.
Santa Clara is a May Issue and a waste of time to apply.
Amador and Calaveras county, and I think Eldorado County but not sure, will issue a permit as long as you take the 16 required hours of class and pass the background check. On the line that asks for a “reason” that you want one, I simply put that I wanted to carry for self protection, an answer that is turned down in lots of CA counties, but passes the test in these two counties(maybe three, maybe someone out there from Eldorado county can enlighten us.